This is the final column in a three-part series on HOA management.

Part 1: Which type of management does your HOA need?

Part 2: What to look for in management contracts

California HOA managers are unregulated, with no required license or minimum education. Rental managers must have real estate broker licenses, but not HOA managers.

There is a wide range of qualification and experience in the profession, so finding indications of superiority is important.

The state has a purely voluntary designation from Business and Professions Code 11502, which defines a “Certified Common Interest Development Manager” as one who received 30 class hours in designated topics from a professional association of HOA managers. Section 11504 requires managers to annually disclose whether they are “Certified

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